7 unbelievable facts about Thanksgiving food consumption in the US
Shoppers purchase nearly 214 million pounds of potatoes and 50 million pounds of sweet potatoes from US supermarkets in the weeks before Thanksgiving, according to the National Grocers Association.For comparison, 214 million pounds is slightly heavier than the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, which clocks in around 204 million pounds,That 214 million also doesn't include the 3 million pounds of prepared mashed potatoes purchased during this time.
Pumpkin pie is the preferred pie on the Thanksgiving table by far, regardless of which region of the US you live in, according to aAll told, theDespite all those extra holiday calories, you probably won't gain much weight from Thanksgiving feasting.In spite of common wisdom — and myth — that people gain an average of five pounds from Thanksgiving, the truth of holiday weight gain is that it's minute.
People do gain weight during the holidays, but only about eight tenths of a pound, according to a 2015 study in theIn fact,"despite the fact that more than 85 percent of study subjects made no efforts to control their weight, large weight gains over the winter holiday season were not the norm," the authors of the study wrote.
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